Corruption in the Providence Police...

WHO ARE THE BAD GUYS?

August 21, 1988

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — WHO ARE THE BAD GUYS? Corruption in the Providence Police Department's vice squad is systemic but does not involve high-ranking officers, a U.S. attorney said Friday. Lincoln Almond declined to identify the targets of the secret 3-year investigation, nor would he say exactly what misconduct is alleged. But FBI agent Mike Suddes confirmed the probe concerns possible misappropriation of drugs and cash seized by Special Investigations Bureau officers. The investigation was kept secret until the FBI demanded hundreds of pages of documents from the police last week.